Aerial view of the Lansdowne Shopping Center in August 1973. Tates Creek Road runs diagonally near the bottom of the photo, while New Circle Road is seen angling up, left to right, in the top third of the image. A portion of the Merrick Place Apartments is at the lower left. Some of the businesses occupying the shopping center, from right to left, included Lansdowne Exxon, The Lansdowne Shoppe liquor store, Norgetown Laundry & Cleaning, Big B Cleaners, Henri’s Fashions, First Federal Savings & Loan, Governor’s Table restaurant, Begley Drug Co., First Security National Bank and Trust Co., Hallmark Colony of Cards, Pet Gallery, Lexington Academy of Dance, Stretch & Sew Fabrics, Angelucci’s men’s wear, Gingiss Formalwear, Lansdowne Florist, Line and Shot sporting goods, Lansdowne Veterinary Clinic, Lexington Travel Center, Lansdowne Barber Shop, Timothy beauty salon, Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream, and the A&P grocery store. Photo by John C. Wyatt | Staff